We've lost a friend
Buffalo News sports reporter Tom Borrelli passed away Thursday morning following complications from his fall at All High Stadium on Nov. 8.
Tom is perhaps best known around here as the beat reporter for the Buffalo Bandits. But he also covered high school and college events, amateur football and the like. He knew where every Western New York athlete went to school to play ball, and kept track of them throughout their careers. He not only worked his job, he lived it. A pro's pro.
News photographer Bill Wippert put it best: Tom was hurt on the job, doing what he loved most. Covering a game.
And on top of that, he always remembered our birthdays, the special events in our lives, with a card or a note or a gift. Just go back to Liz Kahn's blog when Tommy was first hospitalized, or Keith McShea's posting, to get more insight.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Karen, his father, George, and his brother, George Jr.
---Steve Jones, Sports Editor
